All charges against Thiago Silva dropped, reportedly back in UFC
“All charges against Thiago Silva were dropped. The victim was uncooperative, and investigators determined that she has likely moved out of the country.”
Back in March Thiago Silva made national news after being involved in a stand off with police in Florida. This followed Silva’s showing up at the Fort Lauderdale, Florida BJJ academy of famed grappler Pablo Popovitch, and allegedly threatening him with a handgun.
Popovitch was romantically involved with Silva’s estranged wife, Thaysa Kamiji. However, Silva and Kamiji had been separated for an extended period before Kamiji got involved with Popovitch; the relationship was not a cause of the break up, but followed it.
Silva was eventually taken into custody without incident and charged initially with two counts of attempted felony murder. The court later determined there was insufficient probable cause to levy the murder charges, as no shots were fired. Silva was instead charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and one count of resisting an officer without violence. He was held for weeks, before finally being released on $25,000 bond.
Silva was under contract with the UFC at the time of the alleged incident, and was released by the league immediately.
Now TMZ has reported that all charges have been dropped against Silva
Prosecutors DROPPED all of the charges against the ex-UFC star stemming from an alleged domestic violence incident earlier this year that ended with a S.W.A.T. team standoff.
The Broward County Attorney’s Office tells us …”All charges against Thiago Silva were dropped. The victim was uncooperative, and investigators determined that she has likely moved out of the country.”
Silva’s attorney, Scott Saul, says the fighter has always proclaimed his innocence and is looking forward to moving on with his life.
“Thiago was described as some sort of rabid bird, [the allegations] made him look like a crazy person. But he was not,” Saul says.
In response, his team is reporting that he is back in the UFC
We are proud to announce that Thiago Silva is officially back with the #UFC – We are truly thankful to the UFC and hope to see him fighting again by January
